Peter Friedman

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Peter Friedman

Acting 77 April 24, 1949

New York City, New York, USA

Peter Friedman (born April 24, 1949) is an American stage, screen, and television actor. Born in New York City, Friedman graduated from Hofstra University before making his Broadw…

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Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
Love & Other Drugs

Love & Other Drugs

7.0 2010 Movie
Side Effects

Side Effects

6.6 2013 Movie
Person of Interest

Person of Interest

8.1 2011 TV Show
Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer

8.1 2005 TV Show
Succession

Succession

8.3 2018 TV Show
Paycheck

Paycheck

6.2 2003 Movie
Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York

7.5 2008 Movie
Without a Trace

Without a Trace

7.2 2002 TV Show
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

8.1 2017 TV Show
Miami Vice

Miami Vice

7.4 1984 TV Show
I'm Not There

I'm Not There

6.5 2007 Movie

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Peter Friedman (born April 24, 1949) is an American stage, screen, and television actor. Born in New York City, Friedman graduated from Hofstra University before making his Broadway debut in The Great God Brown in 1972. Additional theatre credits include The Visit (1973), Piaf and A Soldier's Play (both 1981), The Heidi Chronicles (1989), Ragtime (1998), and Twelve Angry Men (2004). He has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Outstanding Actor in a Play, and Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. On television, Friedman starred as patriarch George Silver in Brooklyn Bridge, has made numerous guest appearances in such series as Miami Vice, Law & Order, NYPD Blue, Without a Trace, Ghost Whisperer, and Damages, and had a featured role in Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder. Friedman's many feature film credits include Prince of the City, Daniel, The Seventh Sign, Single White Female, I'm Not Rappaport, I Shot Andy Warhol, Safe, Freedomland, The Savages, and I'm Not There. Friedman married actress Joan Allen in 1990. The couple divorced in 2002. They have one daughter, Sadie, born in March 1994.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Farther Along

    Movie Harvey Mitchum

  2. 2025
    King Hamlet

    Movie Self

  3. 2025
    Marina

    Movie

  4. 2024
    The Variable

    Movie

  5. 2024
    Jim Henson Idea Man

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2024
    Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert

    Movie Tateh

  7. 2023
    Carmen & Moony

    Movie Louis

  8. 2022
    She Said

    Movie Lanny Davis

  9. 2022
    Daddy's Girl

    Movie Robert

  10. 2021
    Good Grief

    Movie Uncle Harold

  11. 2020
    Stars in the House

    TV show Self

  12. 2019
    Sundowners

    Movie

  13. 2018
    Succession

    TV show Frank Vernon

  14. 2017
    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

    TV show George

  15. 2016
    5 Doctors

    Movie Dr. Lipman

  16. 2015
    Keep in Touch

    Movie Dallen Parcel

More credits
  1. 2014
    The Affair

    TV show Robert

  2. 2013
    Side Effects

    Movie Banks' Partner #1

  3. 2012
    Made in Jersey

    TV show Henry Sohn

  4. 2011
    Coming Up Roses

    Movie Charles

  5. 2011
    Person of Interest

    TV show Lawrence Szilard

  6. 2011
    Harvest

    Movie Carmine Monopoli

  7. 2010
    Love & Other Drugs

    Movie California Man

  8. 2009
    The Messenger

    Movie Mr. Cohen

  9. 2009
    Spinning Into Butter

    Movie Jay Salter

  10. 2009
    Breaking Upwards

    Movie Alan

  11. 2008
    Synecdoche, New York

    Movie Emergency Room Doctor

  12. 2007
    The Savages

    Movie Larry

  13. 2007
    I'm Not There

    Movie Morris Bernstein / Barker

  14. 2007
    Damages

    TV show District Attorney

  15. 2006
    Unconscious

    Movie Father William

  16. 2006
    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    Movie Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")

  17. 2006
    Heist

    TV show Rabbi

  18. 2006
    Freedomland

    Movie Lt. Gold

  19. 2005
    Ghost Whisperer

    TV show Steve Burris

  20. 2005
    Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

    Movie Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)

  21. 2004
    King of the Corner

    Movie Arthur Wexler

  22. 2003
    Paycheck

    Movie Attorney General Brown

  23. 2002
    Without a Trace

    TV show Damon

  24. 2002
    Power and Beauty

    Movie Sam Giancana